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U.S. Business Leaders & Crooks, Page Two

"America's business is business."
— President Calvin Coolidge

Amazon, Inc. [est. 1994]    •    Apple, Inc. [est. 1975]    •    Ben & Jerry's [est. 1978] Enron [1986-2002]    •    Google, Inc. [est. 1998]    •    IKEA [est. 1943] Microsoft [est. 1975]    •    The New York Times    •    Sizzler Restaurants [est. 1958] Starbucks Coffee [est. 1971]    •    Tupperware [est. 1946]    •    TimeWarner [est. 19xx] Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. [est. 1962]    •    and many more ...

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The Forbes Magazine Top Ten Private U.S. Companies List  [November 2010]
#1 Cargill, Inc. [est. 1865]  •  #2 Koch Industries, Inc. [est. 1940]  •  #3 Bechtel Corp. [est. 1898]
#4 H.C.A. {Hospital Corporation of America} [est. 1968]  •  #5 Mars Candy Corp. [est. 1911]
#6 Chrysler Motors [est. 1925]  •  #7 Pricewaterhouse Coopers [est. 1849]
#8 Publix Super Markets, Inc. [est. 1930]  •  #9 Ernst & Young [merger 1989]
#10 C&S Wholesale Grocers [est. 1918]

Top Ten Companies of The 147 Corporations That Control 40% of The World Economy [October 2011]
#1 Barclays PLC [London, U.K. est. 1690]   •   #2 Capital Group Companies, Inc. [Los Angeles, USA est 1931]
#3 F.M.R. LLC / Fidelity Investments [Boston, USA est. 1946]   •   #4 A.X.A., SA [Paris, France est. 1816]
#5 State Street Corp. [Boston, USA est. 1792]   •   #6 JPMorgan Chase & Co. [New York City est. 1799]
#7 Legal & General Group PLC [London, U.K. est. 1836]   •   #8 Vanguard Group, Inc. [U.S.A. est. 1975]
#9 U.B.S. AG {United Bank of Switzerland} [est. 1854]   •   #10 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. [New York City est. 1914]
the top 25 also includes:
#15 Walton Enterprises, LLC [Arkansas, USA est. 1962]   •   #18 Goldman Sachs [New York City est. 1869]
#21 Morgan Stanley [New York City est. 1935]   •   #25 Bank of America Corp. [est. 1904]

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'P.T.' Barnum [1810-91]   •   John Deere [1804-86]   •   Henry Ford [1863-1947]    •    Kirk Kerkorian [b. 1917]
Henry Luce [1898-1967]   •   The Koch Brothers   •   'Bernie' Madoff    •   J.C. Penney [1895-1971]
T. Boone Pickens [b. 1928]   •   John D. Rockefeller [1839-1937]   •    The Studebaker Brothers
Ted Turner   •   Cornelius Vanderbilt [1794-1877]   •   George Westinghouse [1846-1914]
The Wright Brothers   •   Mark Zuckerberg   •   and many others ...

as well as individuals with their own page
Warren Buffett   •   'Buffalo Bill' Cody [1846-1917]   •   Walt Disney [1901-66]   •   Thomas Edison [1847-1931]
Fred Harvey [1836-1901]    •   Howard Hughes [1905-76]    •   Preston Tucker [1903-56]

Major U.S. Companies, A to Z

“Capitalism is the creation of jobs and products and services.”
— G.E. Nordell

BAD GUYS: U.S. Chamber of Commerce [est. 1912]
BAD GUYS: Business Roundtable [est. 1972]

more bad guys on the
Working Minds Philosophy Barbarians & Fascists Page

        
Alpha Natural Resources [est. 2002]
official website • A.N.R. entry at Wikipedia

which now owns Massey Energy [1920-2011]
Massey entry at Wikipedia
Martin County, Kentucky toxic sludge spill [Oct 2000]
Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in Raleigh County, West Virginia [29 dead, April 2010]
'Prosecute Massey for Manslaughter' website [est. 4/2010]

                 
Amazon, Inc. [est. 1994] "The World's Largest Bookseller"

Amazon's main book page
Nordell Bookstores Group Kindle Hardware & Content Page
Amazon Studios [est. 11/2010] Section at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store

"One Click: Jeff Bezos and The Rise of Amazon.com" [2011]   by Richard L. Brandt Kindle Edition from Portfolio [10/2011] for $12.99 Portfolio 7x5¼ hardcover [10/2011] for $14.65

Internet Movie Database {'IMDb'} launched in October 1990, and was purchased by Amazon
in 1998; the IMDbPro for-fee service launched in January 2002.

In 2005, Amazon purchased BookSurge, a print on demand company, and CreateSpace,
a distributor of on-demand DVDs, books, CDs & video.
In 2009: Amazon purchased Zappos, the online shoe & apparel retailer.
"The Zappos Experience: 5 Principles To Inspire..." [] by Joseph Michelli /0071749586/
In 2011, Amazon purchased Lovefilm, the largest online & mail-order movie rental service in Europe.

America Online / AOL, Inc. [est. 1983]
company official website
AOL entry at Wikipedia

A.O.L. paid $850 million for UK-based social networking site Bebo [est. 2005] in 2008 before dumping it
for less than $10 million to a venture capital firm two years later.

Announced 2/2011: A.O.L. bought news hub Huffington Post in a $315 million deal; Arianna Huffington will become an
executive at AOL, overseeing her blog site as well as local news sites Patch.com and online mapping service Mapquest.

Anheuser-Busch [est. 1852]
company official website {must be 21}
company entry at Wikipedia

"Dethroning The King: The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch, An American Icon" [2010] by Julie MacIntosh Wiley & Sons 9x6 pb [11/2011] for $14.21   Wiley & Sons 9x6½ hardcover [10/2010] for $16.59

        
Apple, Inc. [est. 1975] producer of personal computers
Founded in April 1975 in Cupertino, California by Steve Wozniak & Steve Jobs [1955-2011]
Apple Computer Inc.: company website • Wikipedia
Steve Jobs listed on Time Magazine 100 for 2010

"Pirates of Silicon Valley" [Haft/T.N.T. June 1999] Semi-humorous TV docudrama about the origins of Microsoft and of Apple, Inc. Written & directed by Martyn Burke, based on a book by Paul Freiberger & Michael Swaine; starring Noah Wyle {as Steve Jobs}, Anthony Michael Hall {as Bill Gates}, Joey Slotnick {as Steve Wozniak}, John Di Maggio {as Steve Ballmer} & Josh Hopkins {as Paul Allen}; won ACE Award, nominated for DGA Award, PGA Award, and 7 Emmy Awards Turner Home Ent. color DVD [8/2005] for $15.99 Turner Home Ent. color VHS [5/2000] for $14.44 full credits at IMDb • official movie site "Fire In The Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer" [1984] by Paul Freiberger & Michael Swaine McGraw-Hill 2nd edition 9x7¼ pb [11/2000] out of print/many used McGraw-Hill 9¾x7½ hardcover with CD-ROM [12/99] out of print/used

	"iCon: Steve Jobs - The Greatest Second Act In The History of Business" [2005] by Jeffrey S. Young & William L. Simon Wiley & Sons pb [4/2006] for $10.17 Wiley & Sons 9½x6¼ hardcover [5/2005] for $18.21 Penton Overseas ABR audio CD [4/2006] for $12.89
	"All About Steve: The Story of Steve Jobs and Apple" [2011]   from the pages of Fortune Magazine Kindle Edition from Fortune Magazine [10/2011] for $8.79

"Insanely Great" [] by Stanley Levy on dev't of Apple's Mac

"iWoz: Computer Geek To Cult Icon - How I Invented..." [] by Steve Wozniak /0393330435/

"Inside Steve's Brain, Expanded Edition" [] by Leander Kahney /1591842972/

"Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History..." [] by Owen Linzmayer /1593270100/

"The Second Coming of Steve Jobs" [9/2001] by Alan Deutschman /0767904338/

80-minute tribute video on Apple's website [11/2011]

"Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview" [studio Nov 2011] In 1995, Bob Cringely & team interviewed Steve Jobs and other Silicon Valley leaders for what became the 3-part PBS-TV documentary "The Triumph of The Nerds". The full interview with Jobs was long thought lost, but was recently discovered on a VHS tape in the producer's garage. That hour-long tape was digitally restored and is now being screened at selected movie theaters across America. Written & presented by Robert X. Cringely; directed by Paul Sen {1995}; produced by John Gau, Stephen Segaller {1995} & Paul Sen {2011} DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • not yet listed on IMDb • official movie site

Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of Steve Jobs [Oct 2011] was bestseller

"Jobs" [Five Star Institute for 2012? release]  
Announced 4/2012: Dallas, Texas mortgage banker Mark Hulme’s company is wasting no time in producing a Steve Jobs
biopic: principal photography begins in May; Ashton Kutcher is attached to star {while on hiatus from CBS-TV sitcom
“Two and A Half Men”); Joshua Michael Stern is set to direct, from a script by Matt Whiteley
producer's (banking) website • not yet listed on IMDb

untitled Steve Job biopic [Sony for 2013?]  
Announced Fall 2011: Sony Pictures snapped up the film rights to Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography
of Steve Jobs that was published within weeks of Jobs’ death in October 2011; added 5/2012: Aaron Sorkin will adapt,
Mark Gordon, Scott Rudin & Guymon Casady are producing • still not listed on IMDb (5/2012)

Arbuckle's Coffee [est. 1865]
Arbuckle's Coffee [est. 1865] official website

"Arbuckle's: The Coffee That Won the West" [1994] by Francis L. Fugate Texas Western Press 12½x9¾ hardcover [11/94] out of print/used

Atlantic & Pacific Grocery [est. 1859]

"The Great A&P and The Struggle For Small Business In America" [2011] by Marc Levinson Hill & Wang 9x6 hardcover [8/2011] for $15.98

"A & P: The Story of the Great Atlantic... by Avis H. Anderson
http://www.amazon.com/Atlantic-Pacific-Company-Images-America/dp/0738510386/

"The Rise and Decline of the Great Atlantic &... by William I. Walsh
http://www.amazon.com/Decline-Great-Atlantic-Pacific-Company/dp/0818403829/

ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's [est. 1978]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%26_Jerry%27s

"Ben & Jerry's: The Inside Scoop - How Two Real Guys Built A Business With
A Social Conscience & A Sense of Humor" [1995] by Fred Lager /0517883708/

Blackwater, et al

clothier Brooks Brothers [est. 1818]

"Brooks Brothers, Centenary 1818-1918: Being A Short History of The Founding of
Their Business, Together With An Account of Its Different Locations In The City
of New York During This Period" [2005] by Michigan Historical Reprint Series /1425500048/

Castle & Cooke [est. 1851]

Chiquita Brands International [est. 1871]
Founded as United Fruit Company in 1871; 1970 merger & name change to United Brands; Carl Lindner, Jr.'s
American Financial Group took over in August 1984 and moved headquarters to Cincinnati, Ohio; filed Chapter 11
bankruptcy protection {when?}; exited bankruptcy March 2002 and changed name to Chiquita Brands.
United Fruit entry at Wikipedia • United Fruit Historical Society [est. 2001]
United Fruit entry at Guatamalan Info website
Chiquita Brands official website • entry at Wikipedia

	"Bananas and Business: The United Fruit Company In Colombia, 1899-2000" [2005] by Marcelo Bucheli New York Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [2/2005] for $55.00
	"Banana: The Fate of The Fruit That Changed The World" [2007] by Dan Koeppel Plume 8x5¼ pb [12/2008] for $10.88 Hudson Street Press 8¾x6½ hardcover [12/2007] for $16.29
	"Bananas!: How The United Fruit Company Shaped The World" [2008] by Peter Chapman Canongate Books, Ltd. 7¾x5 pb [7/2009] for $10.97 Canongate Books, Ltd. 8x5 hardcover [1/2008] out of print/used

"Bananas: An American History" [] by Virginia Scott Jenkins
http://www.amazon.com/Bananas-American-Virginia-Scott-Jenkins/dp/1560989661/

"Banana Wars: Power, Production, and History in..." [] by Steve Striffler
http://www.amazon.com/Banana-Wars-Production-Encounters-Interactions/dp/0822331969/

Diners & Fast Food
Spirit of America Bookstore's American Roadside Diners Page

A & W Restaurants chain [est. 1919] - famous for their draft root beer
Big Boy Restaurants chain [est. 1934]
Tommy's Original World Famous Hamburgers® [est. 1946; 33 locations]
In-N-Out Burger chain [est. 1948]
Norm's Restaurants chain [est. 1949]
Waffle House® Restaurants chain [est. 1955]
Huddle House chain [est. 1964]
Ruby's Diner chain [est. 1980]

Enron [1986-2002]
Working Minds / Things To Worry About / Corporations vs. America / The Enron Scandal

Facebook, Inc. [est. February 2004]
Spirit of America's Facebook, Inc. Page

Ferry-Morse Seed Company [est. 1856] of Fulton, Kentucky
www.Ferry-Morse.com

General Electric [est. 1879]

General Electric was established by Thomas Alva Edison [1847-1931], and was ranked in 2009 by Forbes Magazine as the world's largest company. G.E. bought 80% of Universal Pictures from Vivendi in 2004. By 2010, Vivendi sold its stake to Comcast prior to Comcast's purchase of a major stake in NBC-Universal from G.E. As-of January 2011, G.E. owns 49% of NBC-Universal, with Comcast owning the rest.

General Electric entry at Wikipedia
Universal Pictures Studios [est. 1909]

"The Secret To G.E.'s Success: A Former Insider Reveals The Management Startegies of The World's Most Competitive Company" [2007] by William E. Rothschild McGraw-Hill hardcover [1/2007] for $20.40

        
General Motors [est. 1908]
Based in Detroit, Michigan; current marques include Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Opel, Vauxhall & Holden; former brands include Oldsmobile, Packard, Oakland, LaSalle, Pontiac, Saturn & Hummer

"My Years With General Motors" [] by Alfred Sloan
http://www.amazon.com/Years-General-Motors-Alfred-Sloan/dp/0385042353/

Founded in 1996; incorporated 1998; stock I.P.O. in 2004

	"The Google Boys" [A&E Biography 2005] 45-minute TV documentary co-produced, written & co-directed by Michael Joseloff, co-directed by George P. Pozderec; featuring Larry Page & Sergey Brin A&E Home Video color DVD [12/2006] for $7.68 credits at IMDb
	"The Google Way: How One Company Is Revolutionizing Management As We Know It" [2009] by Bernard Girard No Starch Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/2009] for $16.38
	"Googled: The End of The World As We Know It" [2009] {New York Times bestseller} by Ken Auletta The tale of geek founders Sergey Brin & Larry Page against the background of a sharp and probing analysis of the parallel apocalyptic upheavals in the media and entertainment industries. Penguin 8½x5½ pb [10/2010] for $10.88 Penguin Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/2009] for $18.45
	"The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry)" [2011] by Siva Vaidhyanathan Univ CA Press 9x6¼ hardcover [3/2011] for $17.79 official book site
	"In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives" [2011] by Steven Levy Simon & Schuster hardcover [4/2011] for $16.51
	"Search & Destroy: Why You Can't Trust Google Inc." [2011] by Scott Cleland, with Ira Brodsky Telescope Books 9x6¼ hardcover [5/2011] for $18.72
	"I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59" [2011] by Douglas Edwards Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9x6 hardcover [7/2011] for $15.84

Halliburton [est. 1919]

	"The Legend of Halliburton" [1997] by Jeffrey L. Rodengen, Foreword by Dick Cheney Since the Foreword is by pre-veep Cheney, the natural conclusion is that this book is biased toward Halliburton being wonderful and without flaws. Write Stuff Enterprises 14x9½ hardcover [4/97] out of print/used
	"The Halliburton Agenda: The Politics of Oil & Money" [2004] by Dan Briody Wiley & Sons 8½x5½ pb [12/2005] for $13.22 Wiley & Sons 9x6 hardcover [5/2004] for $24.95
	"Halliburton's Army: How A Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized The Way America Makes War" [2009] by Pratap Chatterjee Nation Books 8¼x5½ pb [3/2010] for $13.22 Nation Books bargain price 9¼x6½ hardcover [2/2009] for $10.78

Helms Bakery [1931-69] of Culver City, California
Helms Bakery History • Wikipedia
Helms Bakery Memories fansite

Helms Bakery District
The Helms Bakery building is now packed with antique stores, cafes, a jazz nightclub, and a museum.

Hormel Foods Corp. [est. 1891]
Hormel Foods entry at Wikipedia
Hormel 1985 Strike entry at Wikipedia

	"No Retreat, No Surrender: Labor's War At Hormel" [1989] by Dave Hage & Paul Klauda Wm. Morrow 9¼x6¼ hardcover [5/89] out of print/many used
	"On Strike At Hormel: The Struggle For A Democratic Labor Movement" [1990] by Hardy Green Temple Univ Press 8x5½ pb [5/91] out of print/used Temple Univ Press 9x6¼ pb [2/90] out of print/used
	"Hard-Pressed In The Heartland: The Hormel Strike & The Future of The Labor Movement" [1999] by Peter Rachleff South End Press 8½x5½ pb [7/99] for $12.53 South End Press 8¾x5¾ hardcover [7/99] out of print/used

"American Dream" documentary film
[festival circuit 1990, Miramax March 1992]

Oscar-winning chronicle of the six-month 1985 strike at Hormel Foods in Austin, Minnesota. The P-9 local of the Food and Commercial Workers Union rejected a $2-per-hour pay cut and went out on strike. Besides the worker-union conflict, the national union and the P-9 local disagreed on strategy & tactics, and bitter intra- and inter-family conflict didn't help any. The film leaves the viewer with the question of whether the failed strike helped or hindered the labor movement. Directed by Barbara Kopple, with Cathy Caplan, Thomas Haneke & Lawrence Silk; won Oscar for Best Documentary Feature; won D.G.A. Award, I.D.A. Award, 3 awards at Sundance Film Festival Miramax Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [1/2012] for $19.98   HBO Home Video color VHS [12/93] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

IKEA International A/S [est. 1943] is the world's largest furniture retailer. While IKEA is officially based in Sweden,
revenues are deposited to a non-profit structure in Liechtenstein, Luxembourg & The Netherlands, which is reported to
control twelve billion dollars in cash. The U.S. division includes manufacturing plants. As of October 2011,
IKEA has 326 stores in thirty-eight countries.

"The Truth About IKEA: The Secret Behind The World's Fifth Richest Man and The Success of The Flatpack Giant" [2010 bestseller] by John Stenebo Kindle Edition from Gibson Square [11/2010] for $9.99 Gibson Square Books 9x6 pb [11/2010] out of print/used

In-N-Out Burger [est. 1948]
company official website

"In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-The-Counter Look At The Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All The Rules" [2009] by Stacy Perman Harper 7¾x5¼ pb [10/2010] for $10.19 Collins Business 8¼x5¾ hardcover [4/2009] for $16.49

Jewel Tea Co. [est. 1899]

Ben E. Keith Company [est. 1906]
distributes commercial food products & Anheuser-Busch beer in 11 states
company official website

King Biscuit Flour

Mad Magazine [est. 1952]

McIlhenny Company [est. 1868]
producer of Tabascoฎ brand products

"McIlhenny's Gold: How A Louisiana Family Built The Tabasco Empire"
[2007] by Jeffrey Rothfeder /0060721847/

McDonald's

"McDonald's: Behind The Arches" [] by John F. Love /0553347594/

Microsoft, Inc. [est. 1975] producer of software for personal computers
Founded in April 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico by Bill Gates & Paul G. Allen
Microsoft bought Skype in May 2011 for $8.5 billion
browse books by/about Bill Gates at Amazon

"Pirates of Silicon Valley" [Haft/T.N.T. June 1999] Semi-humorous TV docudrama about the origins of Microsoft and of Apple, Inc. Written & directed by Martyn Burke, based on a book by Paul Freiberger & Michael Swaine; starring Noah Wyle {as Steve Jobs}, Anthony Michael Hall {as Bill Gates}, Joey Slotnick {as Steve Wozniak}, John Di Maggio {as Steve Ballmer} & Josh Hopkins {as Paul Allen}; won ACE Award, nominated for DGA Award, PGA Award, and 7 Emmy Awards Turner Home Ent. color DVD [8/2005] for $15.99 Turner Home Ent. color VHS [5/2000] for $14.44 full credits at IMDb • official movie site "Fire In The Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer" [1984] by Paul Freiberger & Michael Swaine McGraw-Hill 2nd edition 9x7¼ pb [11/2000] out of print/many used McGraw-Hill 9¾x7½ hardcover with CD-ROM [12/99] out of print/used

"World War 3.0: Microsoft and Its Enemies" [1/2001] by Ken Auletta /0375503668/

"The Accidental Zillionaire: Demystifying Paul Allen" [12/2002] by Laura Rich /0471234915/

"Bad Boy Ballmer: The Man Who Rules Microsoft" [11/2003] by Fredric Alan Maxwell /0060935413/

"Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans To Stay Relevant In The Post-Gates Era"
[5/2008] by Mary Jo Foley /B001O0EH5Y/

"Idea Man: A Memoir By The Cofounder of Microsoft" [2011] by Paul Allen Portfolio 9x6½ hardcover [4/2011] for $15.37

News Corp.
News Corp. Section on 20th Century Fox Page at Magic Lantern

"The Man Who Owns The News: Inside The Secret World of Rupert Murdoch" [2008] by Michael Wolff Broadway Books 8x5¼ pb [5/2010] for $13.78 Broadway Books bargain priced 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2008] for $11.11 Broadway Books 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2008] out of print/dozens used

Organized Crime
Spirit of America Bookstore's Organized Crime Page
'The Godfather Saga' Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
Gangster Film Festival Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store

"The Business of Crime: Italians and Syndicate Crime In The United States" [1976] by Humbert S. Nelli Univ Chicago Press 8¼x5½ pb [4/81] for $29.00 Oxford Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [8/76] out of print/used

Pabst Brewing Co. [est. 1844]
Beer brands controlled by Pabst include Heileman, Lone Star, Pearl, Piels Lager, National Bohemian,
Primo of Hawai'i, Rainier Ale, Schaefer, Schlitz, and Stroh's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pabst_Brewing_Company
http://www.pabstbrewingco.com
"The Pabst Brewing Company: The History of an American Business" [1948] by Thomas C Cochran
http://www.amazon.com/Pabst-Brewing-Company-American-Business/dp/0966208455/
http://www.amazon.com/Pabst-Brewing-Company-American-Business/dp/1258054434/
http://www.amazon.com/Pabst-Brewing-Company-American-Business/dp/1258159252/

The Pony Express [April 1860 to October 1861]

"The Pony Express: The Record of A Romantic Adventure In Business" [1932]
by Arthur Chapman /0815403917/
"Orphans Preferred" book by C. Corbett
www.StJoMo.com
www.PonyExpressJessejames.com = Patee House Hotel [est. 1858]
www.StJosephMuseum.org
www.XPhomestation.com

Procter & Gamble []
"Rising Tide : Lessons from 165 Years of Brand Building at Procter & Gamble: [] by Davis Dyer
http://www.amazon.com/Rising-Tide-Lessons-Building-Procter/dp/1591391474/

R.C.A. {Radio Corporation of America} []
"Capital Moves: RCA's 70-Year Quest for..." [] by Jefferson R. Cowie
http://www.amazon.com/Capital-Moves-70-Year-Quest-Cheap/dp/1565846591/

Spirit of America's
American Railroads Pages

Schwan's Home Service, Inc. [est. 1952] in Marshall, MN

Founded in 1921 in Los Angeles, California; sold to Berkshire Hathaway in 1972.
official website • Wikipedia

"See's Famous Old Time Candies: A Sweet Story" [2005] by Margaret Moos Pick Chronicle Books 7¼x7 hardcover [12/2005] for $11.64

Sizzler Restaurants [est. 1958]
Founded in 1958 as Del's Sizzler Steak House at Airport Village in Culver City, California.
Sizzler official website   •   Sizzler entry at Wikipedia

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Stanley Tools and Black & Decker

The Stanley Rule & Level Company was founded in 1857 by Henry Stanley in New Britain, Connecticut; in 1920, the company merged with the separate but related Stanley Works, founded by Henry Stanley's cousin Frederick Trent Stanley. Black & Decker Corp. was founded in 1910 by S. Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1917, Black & Decker obtained a patent for a hand-held drill combining a pistol grip and trigger switch. 153-year-old Stanley and 100-year-old Black & Decker quietly merged on 12 March 2010.

official Stanley Black & Decker website   •   Stanley Black & Decker at Wikipedia
official Stanley website   •   Stanley Tools entry at Wikipedia
official Black & Decker website   •   Black & Decker entry at Wikipedia

Starbucks Coffee [est. 1971]

Starbucks Coffee began in 1971 as a seller of freshly-roasted coffee beans in Seattle, Washington. In 1987, the three owners sold out to a comperitor (and former employee). Starbucks had grown to 165 locations in the U.S. and Canada by the time the company went public in 1992. The rapid expansion of the chain purposely trampled on local coffee shops, and thousands of small businesses disappeared as Starbucks grew to its current monster footprint of 16,600 stores in 49 countries (over 11,000 in the U.S.).

official website   •   entry at Wikipedia

Working Minds / Things To Worry About / Corporations vs. America / Starbucks Coffee

Tupperware [est. 1946]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupperware

"Tupperware Unsealed: Brownie Wise, Earl Tupper, and The Home Party Pioneers"
[2008] by Bob Kealing /081303227X/

TimeWarner [est. 19xx]
http://www.amazon.com/Master-Game-Steve-Creation-Warner/dp/0140244549/

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. [est. 1962]
Working Minds / Things To Worry About / Corporations vs. America / Boycott Wal-Mart !!

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